Eureka LX350 HD High Definition Wireless Media Center with DVI?

How's your Korean? - a review here:
http://www.technoa.co.kr/community/M...1099:37::&VIEW

It does have lots of nice pictures

peter

Is this the right one?

Shouldn't it have a wireless antenna? What about the DVI?

HI!
I this one looks interesting.
I found the right one but i can't post any links until I have made 5 posts .
This is the first one.
I also found one site with price $342.07. ($360.07 ordinary price).
/ petboh

And the USB Host, where's that?

edit:
petboh, just do what i did when i joined. Go around to a few threads and say, "thanks, nice review", "that's very interesting", "wow, i didn't know that", "i wish i had the cashola to get me one of these".

Hi again!
I try again to put some links.

This is what I have found.

http://www.onlybestrated.com/eureka-...with-p-88.html


http://www.eureka.ne.kr/product/eUreka_lx350HD.asp
(not in english)

/petboh

Hi!

Any more information regarding this unit?
Looks promising... problem is that most of the streamers does look promising until they have been tested.
Too bad it is not stated exactly what types of files which are supported.
It does say WMW9, Xvid and so on, I was more thinking of Mpeg-4 Mp@HL etc.
So what about Xvid HD and WMW HD and those HD formats?

It does have a Sigma 6821L chip so I presume it will do most of the formats I want, but not sure.

Does this support UPnP?
I'm looking for something that my ReadyNas X6 can support. It has UPnP and SMB(I think).
And maybe a third party UPnp server which could transcode all the non-supported formats.

Thanks for all info you guys can dig up on this little bugger.

M.

Update:
Just downloaded the korean(?) manual. It's just symbols to me, but I found this in clean english:
HD file format(tp,ts), Windows Media 9, Windows Media 9 HD
DivX3.11, DivX4, DivX5, DivX HD, Xvid, MPEG1, MPEG2(IFO, VOB, ISO)

So it seems like it does support some HD formats at least

Can this device play streamaing media form the interent? Like the radio stations and streaming TV channels? If I were to rename the stream to .avi and save it on the computer and play it using this device somehow ?

I don't mean to be rude, but... Any of you guys care to read the links. All your questions are there. If is not, then is not supported by the manufacturer. I happen to get a Tvisto just to fulfill my needs, I did a lot a research and read, read lots of post in this forum, and for that I thank you guys. But come on people, read!

Hey, be nice to us...

I totally agree that we should all read the links etc., before asking all kinds of questions, but often things are not stated there. If they are, maybe not stated in full.
I too use way to much time reading about a specific unit, but I must say that many times the manufacturer could give us better spec.sheets.

Hope I didn't offend anyone

No offense taken, I saw the update on my "updates" and thought... Hmmm, a new HD player, lets check it out, I saw 3 links and click on them, looks like there are more than one different model. First link shows the one with HD, USB and DVI, pictures and all info you could ask for, Second link is from the manuf with even more info. Third link is a reviewer link but... It is the LX350 as with no HD.

Please click on link, don't need to know Korean, be brave.

Saw this thing yesterday at PC Gate computers in the Pacific Mall in Toronto. They let me look at it up close, but it wasn't hooked up to anything. Build quality is really nice. The box corroborates all of the formats, including that it will play dvd images. One confusing thing was that it said "1920x1080i progressive output." Hopefully the "i" was just a typo. I'm really kicking myself that I didn't buy the thing. A little pricey at $399 CAD, but it could turn out to be really cool.

Does anyone know how this unit compares to the TVIX 5000? Menus, performance, networking, etc?

Anthony

Coming soon to the Eureka LX350HD...

File transfers direct to the unit's hard drive via the network... and not via FTP. The unit will appear as a network share on your PC facilitating downloads direct to the media center.

This NAS solution is far and away better than the FTP solution coming out for the TVIX.

This is a great little unit and it's a firmware update or two (recently 2-3 weeks between updates) from being virtually unbeatable.

Anthony

I have one of these on order, and it will arrive within a few days. Where can I find the (English) firmware updates in case my unit is not current? (And if they released one that recently, I would not expect an in-stock unit to be current.)

The only link I can find which is supposed to be for the firmware, is actually a LX351.bin file so I'm assuming it does not apply to the LX350HD?

Thanks!

The best place to get firmware updates is http://www.ziocanada.ca/download.html . They get their updates from Korea but actually post them sooner. 1.1.1.124 is the most current but another update should be coming soon.

Anthony

Thanks very much. I don't see anything that addresses what is changed in each firmware release. Is there a forum somewhere to follow? How do you know another should be coming soon?

Do you know what server clients this will support? Is it UPnP compatible?

Unfortuately I don't have those details and agree that they would be helpful. I'm really excited about the potential of this unit. Even without the upcoming updates I'm very satisfied with it right now.

Enjoy.

Anthony

The biggest complaint that I have with almost all of these media players is the GUI. How is the GUI for this unit? Does anyone have any screenshots or know where to view them at?

Thanks!

From what I read, UPnP is not available, it basically mounts shareable drive. It looks like SMB from what I understand, but it's not mentionned specifically.

From reviews I read, the interface is supposed to above average to good.

Like always, for me, it almost fits the bill, but not quite
UPnP is the missing part, if this thing gets it before everyone else, it will probably get my vote.
Patrick S.

Anyone know if it supports multilanguage? Like chinese?

It looks like your choices are English and Korean.

Anthony

I noticed on the site that it says that it supports full DVD ripping. This includes all menus and bonus features.

Does anyone know if this is true? I have a BLT and have been waiting forever for this capability.

Chris

Does anyone who has one care to give their comments on how it performs, as i can't find any reviews for it.

Thanks.

I have one. It's still a VERY new product and probably a firmware update or two from reaching its potential (I'm expecting another update very, very soon). I haven't used any other media centers so I have no point of comparison. In using this one though I am happy with its performance overall. The menu is intuitive enough but I think there's still room for improvement.

A key point for me was speaking with someone from Zio Canada. He was very excited about this product and assured me that updates would come often and this media center really has the potential to become a market leader.

Picture quality is great. Audio quality also exceptional. I'm very interested in seeing what a post-124 firmware update brings though.

Anthony

Thanks analli.

I live in the UK and have found a couple of suppliers but it comes under the name IAMM, which certainly looks like the same product.


With the current firmware can you tell me if you are able to do the following:

1) Play dvd iso files from the internal HDD without any problem (sync issues/picture freeze etc)
2) Play HD ts files without same problems
3) Transfer files from pc to HDD via wired/wireless network.

Thanks again.

1) Play dvd iso files from the internal HDD without any problem (sync issues/picture freeze etc)

I have played DVD ISOs over the network perfectly. I haven't tried with the HDD yet but I would expect it would be even better.


2) Play HD ts files without same problems

I have played TS files over the network as well with no problems, again though not from the HDD.


3) Transfer files from pc to HDD via wired/wireless network.

There is no way to transfer files over the network YET. I'm told file transfer is coming in one or two firmware updates from now. I am also told it will NOT be FTP, one of the methods used by another media server. I should show up as a share on your network. I plan on setting up a scheduled task to execute a script that copies files nightly. Right now the only way to do file transfer is to hook up the device to your computer via USB.

Anthony

3) Transfer files from pc to HDD via wired/wireless network.

There is no way to transfer files over the network YET. I'm told file transfer is coming in one or two firmware updates from now. I am also told it will NOT be FTP, one of the methods used by another media server. I should show up as a share on your network. I plan on setting up a scheduled task to execute a script that copies files nightly. Right now the only way to do file transfer is to hook up the device to your computer via USB.

Any chance for UPnP ?

Patrick S.

Patrick,

That would be a good question for the support guys at ziocanada.ca

I don't know.

Anthony

Those controls on the top of the unit for the HD model are not good!

My MG-35 sits very nicely just as tall as the SONY receiver right next to it in a shelf with controls on the front. I would not be able to reach the top controls on this unit... Al